Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-30
SPIRIT or TILE NEWS.

SPIRIT OH TILE NEWS.
Five million umbrellas are made in
thus country every year
Speaker Carlisle's daughter is said to
be the prettiest girl at the Greenbriar
Sulphur Springs, Va.
Queen Victoria has taken to CARVING
a Walkingg-stick, not for vanity, but be-
cause she needs its support.
Nine. Christine Nilsson owns two
large buildings on Otis street, Boston
which The assessors rate at $123.OOO
Emanuel Cross of Stoddard County,
Missouri, is nearly 105 years old. BE
draws pension for services in Indian
wars.
Gen. Franz Sigel, the hero of themen
who "fought NIT Sigel," is gathering
material for a history of his campaigns,
to be published in German.
Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, is a
little over year old and receives q
salary of 100000 pesetas year,
which nearly equals $1.50O,OOO.
Jenny Lind Goldschmidt lives in an
attractive suburb of London, and
though sheis sc years old, she feels
young and is intensely interested in
every musical event.
Ex-Goy. Rufus Bullock of Georgia
says the Southern people are Just dis
covering what the West learned quar-
ter Of a century ago, that railroads
must be the pioneers of development.
Millionaire Mackay, who is now in
Paris, was duly presented to Mrs. Mac
kay the other day and graciously in
vited by her to attend musicale which
was held Tuesday night. He attended.
Nine. BakhmetieW, wife of the First
Secretary of the Russian Legation, is
said to be the most popular woman in
the diplomatic circle at Athens. She
is a daughter of Gen. Beale of Washing
| ton.
DR.. William M. Gibson, who died the
other day at jamestown, Pa, mindful
OF the usual fate of monumental sub
scriptions, took the precaution to build
himself a 100000 monument before
he died.
| Mr.. Gladstone is still of the opinion
| that with his arduous public duties and
the necessity of devoting his entire
strength to the cause of Ireland he could
not at his age undertake the journey to
America.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Mr.. John
Boyle O'Reilly, the Rev. DR.. A. A.
Miner, and Gen. B. F. Butler have re-
Gently been added to the committee in
charge of the Boston memorial to Wen
dell Phillips.
The Earl of Aberdeen wears his cor
onet somewhat insecurity. His right
is liable at any time to be questioned
by alleged or real male issue of his eld-
er brother who mysteriously disappear
ed years ago in America.
Zebehr Pasha at Gibraltar is still pro-
testing his rascally life has always been
OF unsullied purity. He says he never
was a slave-trader, never murdered,
never robbed. And he does not claim
descent from Ananias either.
The leading farm products of the
United States amount to $4,014,OOO,O 900
annually. That alone, independent of
manufacture, fisheries, etc., represents
an average income of $40 per year for
every man, woman. and child in the
country.
The Empress of China has presented
600 stanzas of poetry of her own COM
position to the Hanlin College, while
Prince Chu'un has written a collection
of verse in which he has described the
novel objects that he saw in his tour
through China last year.
Mrs. Beecher seems unable since her
husbands death to remain in Brooklyn
OF away from it. Her white and pathet-
lcally composed face is seen among
the Plymouth Pensioners every few
weeks, though nominally she is spend
ing the summer at Stamford
Elijah Youngblood of Coffee County,
Georgia, is justly proud of his record
as sportsman. He has killed 996
deer and 240 wildcats. He is 81 years
old, can walk all day in the woods, and
can run mile to head deer or Wild
cat when his trusty dog gives tongue.
The Rev. William n Cleveland the.
brother with whom the President re-
Gently visited at Forestport, is Presby-
terrain preacher who breaches at three.
different churches, alternating,
between them and preaching three
times every Sabbath. His charges are
six miles apart.
Miss Winnaretta Singer, daughter of
the late Mr.. Singer of Singer sewing
machine notoriety, is going to wed the
Prince de Montfellard whose title dates
from the time of the Crusades. His
future mother-in-law, now the Duchess
de Composelice, was the daughter of an
English confectioner.
Daniel R. Wolff of Chambersburg.
Pa, lays claim to being the first COM
mercial traveller or drummer in the
United States. He went ION the roadu
In 1874 for the dry-goods and notion
house OF Dunton, Gemmill & Co. of
Philadelphia. Until 1849 he travelled
without samples, securing them from
country merchants. and then filing
the orders from samples received from
customers.
Mrs. Parker of Dundee, Scotland.
the founder of the British Women's
Temperance Association, is going to
bring ZOO Scotch women to California
| to be domestic servants. And the editor
OF the San Francisco Alta says: I'VE